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'If—if began \lr. Dalton, with some
.hesitation, you could be—Olson —per-
suaded to--tx, overlook the past ---if we
.could make a treaty to bury the hatchet
and be at peace. 1-1 really regret, ym11
know all that has gone by—led if we
.could come to (01110 sort of terms, I --
'would consent 10return to Wycliffe with
you, ttlldgivo you the benefit of my sup-
erior judgment and advice.
Such amazing disinterestedness, such
unblushing assurance was alisohitely
>startliug,
A quick, hot flush mounted to Earle'(
.brow, and for a moment bits` lips L.rom-
bled as if.,scathir ..nnd,teerriblc words
rushed nubidi{en te. for vfterwtoo.
Thea he lifted,.bit dark eyes and: fixed
,them in a quiet,- steady gaze upon she
man opposite him.
Sumner Dalton could not meet that
,gaze unmoved, In spite of his hardihood,
a blush of confusion mantled his face,
and his guilty look told that all seise
,of shame was not yet quieerdead within
"\Then I wa, limply Earle Wayne," ho
.began, w'ithoutii,'entoving'1\10'g lee, "a
ly
.Poor Roy working for, his daplyrbreail,
I was considered unworthy rif'°'IMUt• 150'
tics. When iuisfaetuno" overtook, me itilcl�
I bccanie'a"dhinlinal in the sigl►:orf the
law, even after you knew that it was
,your .sot who`had been 401150ncedr to hart!
labor for three years, you Made no effort
to help me -you did not come near me to
offer me one kind and sympathizing word.
even. \\Then your daughter ivas kind to
me, and I dared to feel a,tendee regard
for ler, you resolved to crush me, When
a kind friend retuenthcred foe on his
deathbed, you would have wrested from
one the comparatively small sum that he
had'boqueathedit0 ire out of 1)1;11lund-
.anec, You have scorned, Insulted, and
wronged one in every possible way. You
have even owned to an implacable en-
miry, toward ole. For alhthis I could for-
give you, if convinced that you were
truly repentant,sinee it was against
mo x10(10 tlhotall your malice and hatred
mono turned; but for the slight, the
scorn, and.Ilto misery which you plotted
.and, to all raotents andjpurposes, execut-
ed against, my gentle and innocent moth-
er, 1 eamtot,1 have no right to forgive
you. Byybur own wickedness and folly
you have forfeited all right to be ac-
knowledged' as either her 1(1101,1 1 or
nay father. B1r. Dalton, you can never
l01r cross the threshold of 151oliffe."
Ho had listened to Earle with a sinking
heart, and when he concluded he fairly
gnashed his teeth from anger and disap-
pointment.
Earle had spoken very quietly. There
was not the slightest exeitefilent visible
in his manner, but every word had in it
the ring of an unalterable purpose,
"Do you mean it?" Mr, Dalton asked,
. in low, repressed. tones,
"Most emphatically sir; you can never
enter the home from which my mother
was driven in disgrace on account of
your baseness and treachery,"
Bir. Dalton sat in sullen thought for
awhile. How he hated this calm, proud
young man, from whom, even though he
was his own son, he know he had no
right toexpect anything of respect or
consideration,
13111 the things of the world were des:
pelts 0 t him just at present, and he
oontrnli - his fierce passionto matte
out. In ^,Peal.
It v•,c
-.110h, .
t t n
t Editha still had Bihor
fertile,. and while she still remained sin-
gle lee anew he 110ed'not watt for any-
thing within reason; still he could not
in an' way control her property, and all
he received had to come through her
hands, whirl', to n. man s0 proud and
spirited, Was, to say the least, humiliat-
ing.
ut if he could but once lay his hand
upon the overflowing coffers of Wyd!ffe
his future would be one long day 'of lux-
ury and pleasure, and, having been
wronged out of his share for so maty
years, he would feel no compunctions
about scattering with Invislu hand the
shining treasures of rho lumse of Vance.
"T will be frank with y1u;" he said,
trying to speak in ah eoneilintorl' tone. "I
am a ruined mai. I have been speculat-
ing, and ever; dollar of my handsome
prepe•ty is lone. Even my house and
furniture is mortgaged, and liable to he
token from me any day. I say again I
regret• the past' sincerely," and so he
did. so much of It as had served to keep
Min out of \Vy'c'llffo, though no part of
his sin, "I wish ibclee at pence with you,
Rut if you tutsf.against u)1' uov, I must
conte down to 1510 level of the common
herd." -f
To the level of the common herd! Ilov
the words galled'Earle, He would eih,k
to the level of the, common herd, of,
rhid, he hod once belie•ea his mother I
was one, and so, it had not mattered if s
he had ruined her.
Bider words arose to his lips; his
Rant1 eras full of scorn and indignation,
but he controlled it, and answered, as i,
t
1J
calmly as Is foto, but with tut oun1o0ed
facer
"i1 ,c^el that, you have been so mnfor
tame-spccu1htug is very precitriou.
business, but 1 eon never consent to
pour hero ouuS ,m inmate oo
f 11'veliffe., o
of the bone when: 1 reside, It (('oult
not be right that I should overlook t1
past (,nd1'eat you as if v011 had beer
guilty of no wrong; you have eo rig1)
to expect sue to entertain anything e
either respect or affection for you, even
though the saute blood nm(5' fh(w in 011
V(51115—y011 110ve fort Itcd all right and
title 50 any snob feelings. I must, en the
other hand, fn,u1t13' confess to an aver-
sion for you, but 1 would harbor no ill -
will, 1 would do you Ito injury- even
though i cannot tolerate your presence,'
,tis this your vaunted creed?" bust
you trolly repentant before God, I would
self any longer. "Is this your boasted
50111101((''0 of your 0)0111105-5' (111' '511(0)1'
o,-iiI lnw'nnd went'
• "You ,do not wish to be forgiven -you
have iM 00111 sorrow fon your sin,' If
any effort, of mine sound serve,to make
yon truly;\repentant before Goll, Iwotld
not sp0 0 15..-355011 05011' sielt andneedy,,
I would: minister to yon, for my Mao-
' sake es I would to al ,other
Mao -
fee's 5 1 y
strap:gel". But your feelings'(toward me
are unchanged—were it not for what I
possess, 3'151 would' mit oven nov make
these ov'ertures to ire, lad all idea of
our residing, under: the 801110 1.005; or of
sharing anything 1(n common, is entirely,
out of the gnestionl Still, f repeat,. I
bear' you no *lige, or cherish 00 spirit
if revenge toward you, and to prove it,
sine( you have been so unfortunate, I
will melte over to you, if Editha does
not object, the ten thousand, dollars
MOO 'Bir. Forrester bequeathed to me,
and which los remained nutouched since
8110,invested it for me. The interest of
that will ;,ave you a comforttble living
during • the remainder of your life, if you
do not touch the principal,"
A perfect tornado of wrath raged in
Stunner Dalton's breast at this calmly
spoken but unalterable decision,
"So you 'w!11 deign to give me, your
father} a paltry ten thousand out of your
exhaustless revenue!" lie sneered, with
exceeding bitterness,
il' owe you'nethiug on the score of
relryylol`lship" Earle ans1veral, coldly;
anal 015" for tie 'paltry ten thousand,
allow Me to remind you that you did not
consider it, in, -that'' light when Mr. For-
rester b u' n ed it to me."
lgaitl r, Dalton flushed.
• 11ev iilh itis sins, one after another,
`,110re beinuvisited upon himself,
With a fearful look of .rage end hate
ocilvulsing iris features, he leaned toward
Earle and ldssed:
"1 would crush you this instant if I
could; there is nothing of all the world's
ills too horlble for ole to wish upon you,
and 1. trill.. et be revenged » ' on you for
Y b I?
whet 1 have suffered this day, I will
yet make you feel the power of my
haste!" 11101 he glanced darkly toward
&litho
ne he e , Blllll this.
Earle's eyes involuntarily followed 1138
look, and the bitterness of deatis seemed
upon hint as he realized that they two
would have a life-long sorrow to bear.
A sudden fear startled brim, as Mr.
Dolton spoke, that he contemplated in -
,jury to her in order to cavy out the
revenge he meant to wreak upon hint.
"You trill be very careful what you
do," he said, with a sternness that cowed
the mien in spite of his bravado; "you
will not forget that you occupy a very
delicate position eves now, and that I
have it in buy power to make your own
future very uncomfortable."
"What do you mean?" demanded Mr.
Dalton, with glittering eyes,
"1 mean that if I chose I can make
3:00 answerable to the law; for, while
one wife was living, you married another,
and are liable at any time to be prose-
cuted for bigamy."
Sumner Dalton swore a fearful oath,
Ills white face testifying to' the dreadful
punishment which anything of such a
nature would be to him, while a low,
heart-rending moan burst at the sante
moment from Editha,
CHAPTER XXIV,
Earle started at that sound, His mind
was so intent upon dealing with the
strange man who claimned:to be his father
that ho had not considered hose his
words might wound Editha, and lie now
blamed himself severely for having allow-
ed these disclosures to be made' in her.
presence. What must the poor girl have
suffered as she listened and realized her
00115 5,05111011, and all the wrong of
vvldell her father was guilty?
lie had proved fiat her father had
teen legally married to his mother, con-.
ogncutly he, who had hitherto been ro-
arded as a child of dishonor, was now
without taint, and entitled to one of the
sus mlest positions in the world. Birt
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all this, he had not stopped to consider
that his Own glory nous1 necessarily arise
out of the ruins ,of her life.
After• Mr. Dalton led failed in his
search for Marion Vance he returned
to the united States, where shortly
lutea, lm; had met 11110 11101 01501. 100 01.,
to of 11!chad ruuester, who Woe re-
puted to be quite wealthy.
Disappointment awaited him In this,
however, for Bliss Forrester possessed
but a small sum in ler own right,
But matters could not be helped, and
the chagrined husband made the most
15 it, invested his wife's smell forme:
carefully, and, by ,earnest attention to
business, made money steadily for se,'
-
er! yenta.
Report said, also, that 1110110 11 1'or-
rester gave him a handsome lift, and it
was not long before he was reputed to
be the 110000ssor of It handsome 50rttiue.
But, of 00111se, his marriage with Hiss
Forester was not legal, although he had
confidently believed it to be so until this
very day; and Earle condemned himself
501 many things that he had said, alto•
being reminded by that low 100111 of
how malt Editha had been nude to suf-
fer.
Dalton 8)110 1100, it wounded him,
and laoglied maliciously, whe'eopou
Earle turned upon hitt almost savagely.
"Do yet mean me to understand that
you will wound me by venting your mal.
int upon her? Lot m0 assure you Haat
if I know of your wilfully causing her
even one moment's unhappiness, 1 will
have no mercy on you," he said,
Mr. Dalton chuckled.
"You Incrreally fond of—ah—your sia-
tor; it is really pleasant to see such
unity 111 a tinnily. 1 trust you will al-
ways be ns• fond of your—sister."
ile seemed to take a satanic delight 10
repeating the word. He knew that it
fell -upon both their hearts like the blow
from 11 hammer.
My sister! God forgive me, she is
103 sister; but 1 do not love her as
such,'. Earle growled, as he wiped the
cold sweat from his forehead.
This was 11111810 to Sumner Dalton's
ears, but ho knew it would not do to
trespass too far; so, rising, he said, with
the, most consummate coolness:
"Since it would not sound well for n
mot in your position to alloy his father
to suffer for the 'fece ssaij s of life, f
will 00000111 to neeept your'offer of that
tet; thousand, and you can make it ori
to nue with as little' delay as possible,
And now 1 will bid you good 101rui051,
leaving you and your sister to talk over
your future prospects and comfort one
another as best yam can.,,
With a low-, echoing, mocking laugh.
he left the room and those two wretched
,young people alone.
In the exceeding bitterness of his soul
Earle again dropped his head upon the
Coble, and a long, long silence ensued.
Editlut lay perfectly still upon the
sofa. ,
At last Earle arose and went and
knelt down beside her.
Editha!" he said, and It is not pos-
sible to convey any idea of the pain
crowded into the one wont.
Only n lou 1110011 answered him.
1)dithal" he said again, almost' vvild-
1y, 'I would have meed you from this
had it been possible.."
She turned her face up to him at this
in speechless misery. She had shell no
tears over what she had heard; the hor-
ror of it had seemed to scorch and burn
them. up at their very 'fountain. Her
eyes were heavy, her face perfectly hue:
less, her lips parched and -drawn, her
bands hot and burning.
Tlmt one look of hers, so piteous and
full of anguish, unmanned Earle com-
pletely, and dropping his heal upon the
pillow beside hers, sob after sob broke
from ihim.
At the sight of his suffering, woman.
like,
she fought h c '
o own m a measure.
She put up her hot nand and laid it
caressingly against his cheek, and cried;
"h]ale—Earle---don't! I cannot bear it
if you give way so. God will help us;
Ile will send no more upon us than IIe
is willing to give us strength to bear.
But, 011!" she added, wildly, "that I
should have to call such a man, fath-
er,
"My darling, that is a sorrow that we
share in 0011000," Earle answered, with
an effort at self-control.
"I 'm glad mamma is dead, I am
glad Uncle .ltiohard is dead. How could
they have borne this?" • Edithe moat.
cd,
"Your Uncle Richard would have 051110•
seled us what to do, dear; 1110; would
have been a help to us," Earle replied,
feeling deeply the need of sudh)&'friend
ns Richard :Forrester avoulcl love been,
"1 believe lie would' halve killed papa
if he had lived to know ppf all this. 1
have been told that his teretper was fear-
ful wwhef once aroused," Editha said,
with a shudder,
'Ile is not, here, and we most take
enamel of grtch--other. My darling, we
i:avo 001110t"ptcrn facts to look in the
face. All—"
His courage failed him for the moment
and it seined as if his reason was for-
saking him.
,After a while lie went on:
"All ongforeke' hopes are cl•usled and
destrlyed: 01,, why were we over per-
mitted to -love each other as w, have
done., only to suffer thus? But, Edi-
ilia, T cannot --1 do not feel that I ought
to go 60011 and leave you here with him.
\till you come tvith me to Wyclifte,aul
share my home—your brother's home?"
She put him away from her with n
gesture of despair.
1._\ 0ry'of bittcrneso rang through the
oar, and than, es-
if all power of -self-
conntrml had deserted her, she cried out:
"N0, no, poi Earle, how can you tor-
ture me With. sucha question—such a
proposal? Go away—bide from me—
put the sen between -es, until—until 1
eau learn to love you less."
Ant the poor, tired,waltsost bursting
heart found relief in- a Mood of scalding
isatin was glad to sed\hor 10005, though
every word had been fresh torture to
1(5(11, le did not check her, but only.
knelt b her, gently smoothing her sifu-
ieg bol , and wishing Ile could have
borne al this „root grief alone,
flow meted le emir to leave her? How.
could .he out the 00(i:tn. between thein?
Bow could be bear to let long Years go
65 and not leek upon her fa00, perhaps
Ilt,er H0, ter egtaip? She would not be
happy wit I:htn' father, he knew, after
what she had 1(0011ed today. She had
no other, friends to whom to go, anti
what would become of her?
She repelled the idea of making Wy.
Cliffe her here, tiler prise 'would lido
obliged to see him every day, and strive
to conquer the love which now she had
no right to give him. And his 01011
heart told inion that it would be a - bur -
Y
den Soo beau for either of �dtlem, .in
brnr.
Something told 1(P mtbia he could nes',
er love her after the quiet fashion of a
brother. His heart had gone out to
her in the first strong, deep passion of
his manhood, and he could no more con-
trol the wind that blew.
All this he thought over as she lay
there in the abandonment of her grief,
and he knew that she had judged
rightly; they must be separ-
ated, or their sorrow would
wesv them both out in a little while, He
must go back to 'Wycliffe and take up
his duties there, end she roust choose
for herself what she Rushy do here,
Her soles grew less violent for awhile,
bind at hast he said, with an effort to
speak calmly:
"Editha. I will do whatever you say;
but it seems to iris as if all the world
from this hour will be palled in deepest
glnrrin—as if: nothing could ever look
bright or beautiful again. I carob back
to you 00 joyous-oso proud of the posi-
tion that. 51115 mine to offer you; and
now every hope is crushed, Oh, what
shall we do? Ilov 1100 w'e t0 bear it?"
he groaned,
' l'on must go away—back to Eng.
land," she said, in a shaking, weakened
voice. "I carrot bear it if you stay
here; neither can I go to Wycliffe.
Don't you see we could' not hear that?
We must live apart, and .strive to forget
it., if we can. Perhaps when long years
have passed. if we live, and we have not
seen each other, we truly he able to love
curl, other less."
"Cod forbid! And yet the sin of it
will etushene," he said, despairingly.
"I cannot forget --I do not want to for-
get I will not. 01, Editha, why are
we permitted to be tortured thus?"
"To teach us, perhaps, that earthly
idols are int dust, and God is supreme.
He lhns said we nest put no other in
Tris piney." she whispered, with a sol-
emnity that rived l,im. -
'Have you loved me like that?" he ask-
ed
"Hush!" site answered, with a shiver,
0 n laying ler fingers gently on his lips,
'I must 1105 tell you Crow much. We
have no right. to tall: of that any
lymote I want you to bid me good-bye
ow. Earle. and let be a long, long good -
e. 10o,"
"My darling, I cannot; it is too, too
cruel:' he moaner]; and, forgetting ev-
erything but his deep and mighty love
for lie', he gathered her into his arms
and clasped her with such rebellious
strenotli that she was powerless in his
e:elwaee.
"Earle." she said, with 11calmness
born of despair, yet speaking authoritat-
ively, "yon must let me go,"
He instantly released ler—he could
not disobey her when she spoke in that
tone, but the Fool: on his face made her
01•y out with pain.
`Forgive me," she almost sobbed. "I
will not wowed you, but we. 101101, eel
this for the sake of both, AVill you do
ns I wish? Will you, go .back to Wy.
cliffe at once?"
'1 will do anything that, you bid tn0,
Editha," he answered, in a hollow tone,
but with a look such as slut hoped neer
t0 sec.' again on` any mortal face,
"Thank you, Earle—I (lo bid you Bo—
it is right—it will be. best, aid—nod—"
She had risen, and was standing before
him, Iodine almost as wan and ghastly
as she 1(04 booked on that night when
ire had found her in the power of Tom
Drake.
She had stopped suddenly, catching her
breath, and she reeled like a person
drunker will' wine; but, pressing her
hand to her side, as if to still her fierce
heart. -throbs, she strove to go on, though
every word came with a pant,
".And, Earle, do not mourn—do not
grieve any more than you can help; it
would not be right—yon have a noble
career before you, and you nest do hon.
or to the name you bear—"
'What are honors to me? What is
anything in the world worth to me
11010'1" 120 interrupted, 110010ely.
"You mustms6 conquer reckless ckles8
spirit, Earle—try not to think of me any
more than it is possible to help; 1 shall
do very well, I hope. I shill stay with
papa, and strive to win him to better
things."
Her pale lips quivered as she thought
how dreary the world would be when he
was gone, and how thankless the task
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o carry 200 toos with neatness and des- buildings are graded, and mutt' have sew.
hitch, and all under the direction of a read -high school dunes, ,o that one
single. workman, wluo operates the ata- teach''' nor to:e0100 only one class
rhino by the turning of a lever and trite- whereas in the old days the pedagogue
cls with it. tagght everything from the alphabet to
Thee is no more interesting spectacle Latin.
than to see a drwanted locomotive "Of course, the consolidated school -
weighing in the neighborhood of twenty' _house is not so convenient to all the
tons tushed into a repair shop, seized by children, as they have to go a greater
a gre tt man0, dunu1 high 111 the a]r .and distae shut alt of thein ride to sclonl
('11111(v('1 ,ver t11e. loads of numerans 9105vadp,• The coileolidato(3 school is
other standing on the floor of the shop,uch ehoape- to the community, and
io the particular spot where itis to be at the farmer saves in taxes. he pots
lowered nod operations begun to mal e,.in sleighs and wagons, so that his ehild-
it fit for the road. ' enmay ride, Pupils can also remain at
Thee 0 probably' no other device bias heir home schools touch longer than
ing etpahilitiO4 so vairied. Ordinarily ,hey formerly could and this is also a
machine atilt do ,but one tiring 111 0 .trent, sating. we rimy expe0t Brent re -
way, but iiiveloct'ie crane seems able to sults from the dmngi, for the formers
to almost 0nythl1g in its line, and In it
with: their poor schools have turned int
to perfection. These machines oast, from
505ne` heir prful men, ltd they should do
the smaller to the lager sizes, from h' - ed wbettor ander the new' rmuditions."
000 to 5120,000 each. Wftshiiigton` Post,
CHEFS WHO PREVENT WASTE.
May Make a Restaurant Profitable or a
Loser. '
Tho chef of a restaurant does more for
hie employer than merely cook the food
will and decide his fortunes in tlmt way.
"I would never have made a success In -
lim,iuess without the assistance of my
ehet," said a prosperous proprietor of a
largo restaurant the other night, "and.
a conscientious, experienced man in that
place is 000050ary to every restaurant
manage'. 110 is the non who is respon-
sih10 for the prevention of waste. Sup -
polo; for instance, there is a large sup-
ply
up ply of cauliflower on ]land which hap-
pens not to have been ordered. Now, it
is his business to see that a dish is pre-
parad that will attract patrons who see
15 011 1110 bill of fare, or if there should
be no demntid for the cauliflower he
should have it served to the servants.
That will prevent us buying something
els. for them,
"It is a saying in our business that a
good chef can sell anything; by that we
moan that he call so prepare every dish
as to make it appeal to the taste of our
customers. When he looks in his ice
box for instance, and sees there a large
supply of solo or duckling, it is his duty
to prepare that in a way that will start
the gastric juice of a eustoner to flow-
ing the minute that Rub eyes alight on it
oa the bill of fare. That is, of course,
much cruder' when there is a table d'lsote,
as the guests must take what is there.
The same thing is possible wherever
there is a good chef, however, and it is
up to him to prevent waste in that way.
Not all of them do that, however. Some
ore careless or indifferent or of the kind
that never 'could learn. They get a res.
courant manger into bankruptcy."
The proprietors of most of the New
York restaurants start out as head wait-
ers, succeed in getting financial backing,
rely on their old patrons and either sink
or swine.
"Being a good lead waiter and having
friends," said this man, who used to be
0 head waiter himself, "has really very
little to do with the success of a res-
taurant once it is started. It is to watch
over every department so carefully that
thele is no chance of being robbed. Tho
casual every day graft may become so
large as to decide the profit or loss of a
restaurant. There is, for instance, the
waiter who wants to take a dinner home.
He ordes, say', a chicken. It goes down
to the chef, the order conies back to the
111051er and is passed by the checker, If
the checker happens tobein league with
the waiter all that be has to do is to
put the dish aside and wait until it is
time for himeto go bonne. The checker
simply makes no record of the dish.
When there aro a hundred waiters in a
105$1 01111101, some of them merely engaged
from day to day, there 0011 be a heavy
drain when dishonesty prevails. Stealing
food and wine. neve' does seem to be as
black as any other kind of theft, The ef-
ficiency of a restaurant proprietor is
decided by his ability to keep his em-
ployees from getting the best of him."
There are various views as to the im-
portance of good waiter's in restaurants.
In ono large place on Fifth avenue the
sa'no waiter is rarely seen for more than
a week or two. Stevaris change just
as often, and only the manager of chief
head waiter remains. Directly across the
way there is another restaurant, equally
prosperous and conspicuous, in which. it
is the effort of t,." manager to keep as
many of the old waiters as possible,
"I had my o„ aiming in a restaurant,"
said the proprietor who was quoted
above, "]n which the proprietor always
said that a waiter need do nothing but
be polite and try to get what a patron
wanted. He thought that any man was
capable of doing that, The consequence
was that he made 110 effort to keep his
men. 'Don't try to make friends,' he
used always to say to me. `Just stick
to your business,'
"T had thought 'before that it was a
part of my business to snake friends for
myself and the house, but he had other
views. So I rather got the reputation
of being surly, as l felt his eye on me,
and did not attempt to shote customers
any especial courtesy. But when I open-
ed my own place I did not follow his
principle. 1 try to, keep men that are
liked by my customers. If I know that
a waiter has a certain set that lie is in
the habit of serving I aur glad to keep
him rather than lose hien, since I know
he inoe0sessthe comfort of my guests.
I also have 'no objection to seeing my
men laking friends for themselves, for
I know it ma3;lmean customers more in.
dined to comupto my place. O11 the oth-
er hand the p oprietor with exactly the
opposite poilli;'- of view -my old boss—
is just as successful as :any. hotel mol
could be, Sri one system is jflg(;about as
good as another,"
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she had set herself to acomplish.
After a moment she quietly drew off I
the beautiful ring he had placed upon
her finger and ]geld it out to him.
(To bo Continued.) i